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“Hey, Jonathan. How are you doing? How’s school?”“I’m alright, thanks. School’s super busy, but I like some money in my pocket, as I’m sure you know.”It was Saturday night, and the clock above the till-side recycling bins read 11:57 pm. The other cashier was 3 minutes away from clocking out, and she had finished up with her customers. The lady standing in front of me was the only customer left in the store. Just like every other night of the week, she was accompanied by flyers and coupons. My store allows customers to get items at the price that other stores sell them for, if they bring a flyer, and this lady loved capitalizing on that policy.“Mhm, mhm, yes. Okay, so I’ve got a few things to do tonight, if that’s okay?”“You bet! Nothing wrong with saving cash.”“Okay, so let’s start with the regular priced items … ah, wait. There aren’t any. Mhm, yes. First, I’ve got a price match from Superstore first. The date is for this week, right? They have this frozen yogurt for $2.99, see?”“Great, Chapmans, 280g. Okay. Any bags for you today?”“No, I brought my own. Save cash, right?”“Sure. And the environment, but that’s not a big deal.”“Mhm, I see. Next is the Saputo cheese slices, they sell for $2.”“Ah, yes. Actually, ma’am, the ad shows the 90g cheese packs and you have the 200g there. No can do.”“Really? Silly me … ”The interaction falls into a monotonous routine of accepting some matches and declining others. I guarantee I’ve told her that she has the wrong cheese at least 10 times now. Meanwhile, the clock now shows 12:09. Thank goodness there aren’t any customers behind her today.As she finishes up, she moves to the back of the last flyer. “Okay, now the last item here are the strawberries, for $1.99. Here’s the date,” she says, gesturing to the front page of the flyer. It’s valid for this week, but one moment. I was at Walmart yesterday, and they didn’t have strawberries for $1.99. I distinctly remember putting them back on the shelf because they were out of my budget. Tonight is Saturday. No store changes the flyers between Friday and Saturday…“Just a moment, ma’am. Do you mind if I see the date again? I might not have seen it correctly.”“Uh, what date? Oh yes, the date. Here it is, right at the front. July 26 to August 3, 2018. Today’s the 28th, right?”“Yes, but would it be okay if I saw the date on the piece of paper that the $1.99 is printed on?”“Uh, I don’t know what you’re talking about. The date is valid, see? Get it together, Jonathan!”, she says, with a credible attempt at a playful chuckle.“Ma’am, stores print dates on each piece of paper in the flyer. I would like to see the date on the strawberries.”Resigned, she hands it over. I flip to the strawberry page - weird, why are there 2 page 3s? At the bottom of the other side of the flyer, I see the date: January 3 to 9, 2003.“You know, ma’am, it’s expired, but I’m giving to you for $1.99 anyways. This flyer could pass as an antique! It’s from before I was born!”

If they are placing their literature in your mailbox, rather than paying postage and mailing it to you, they are breaking postal regulations.Save the literature. and make note of the date received. Your Postal Inspector may be interested.

No.This question had been bothering me ever since I visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, where it was emphasized that the nuclear bombs were dropped without warning. It seemed to contradict what I had learned in US History class: Americans had dropped leaflets all over Japan encouraging civilians to evacuate. I remember that the Japanese authorities made it a crime to read or collect the leaflets.I was a bit skeptical of the museum to begin with. I knew that the Japanese approach to the history of WWII is criticized for downplaying or ignoring the atrocities committed by the Japanese. There are political reasons to believe (or teach!) one thing or another.But if we care more about the truth than feeling like “the good guys”, we cannot lie to ourselves or our children.The leaflets that I learned about in high school were the LeMay leaflets.This is the image that appeared in our textbook. This side lists cities: Nagano, Takaoka, Kurume, Fukuyama, Toyama, Maizuru, Otsu, Nishinomiya, Maebashi, Koriyama, Hachioji, and Mito. (Tokyo, Ujiyamada, Tsu, Koriyama, Hakodate, Nagaoka, Uwajima, Kurume, Ichinomiya, Ogaki, Nishinomiya, and Aomori were listed on a different leaflet[1][1][1][1].)Read this carefully as it may save your life or the life of a relative or friend. In the next few days, some or all of the cities named on the reverse side will be destroyed by American bombs. These cities contain military installations and workshops or factories which produce military goods. We are determined to destroy all of the tools of the military clique which they are using to prolong this useless war. But, unfortunately, bombs have no eyes. So, in accordance with America's humanitarian policies, the American Air Force, which does not wish to injure innocent people, now gives you warning to evacuate the cities named and save your lives. America is not fighting the Japanese people but is fighting the military clique which has enslaved the Japanese people. The peace which America will bring will free the people from the oppression of the military clique and mean the emergence of a new and better Japan. You can restore peace by demanding new and good leaders who will end the war. We cannot promise that only these cities will be among those attacked but some or all of them will be, so heed this warning and evacuate these cities immediately.They warned a range of cities that they might be targeted for firebombing. Many of these cities were indeed firebombed. Other cities not listed were targeted as well.None of the targets of the atomic bombs were on these leaflets. You don’t need to take my word for it. Just look for the characters Hiroshima (広島) or Nagasaki (長崎).Firebombing doesn't get as much attention as the atomic bombs because it's less dramatic, but it is extremely effective -- the U.S. had been firebombing Japan so effectively, in fact, that they were running out of cities to nuke. The firebombing of Tokyo was about as deadly as either Hiroshima or Nagasaki. From survivors’ accounts, running through melting asphalt or being boiled in a swimming pool seems worse than vaporization or blunt trauma from the shockwave.Firebombing aside — it's not accurate to count these flyers as warnings about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These leaflets do not give a warning about the atomic bomb, and they do not list Hiroshima and Nagasaki.Then there's the Truman Library warning(s).The Truman document is labeled August 6, but says that the Soviet Union “has notified your ambassador that it has declared war”, which actually occurred on August 8-9.There is no way that the US could have warned the inhabitants of Nagasaki, because the bomb was not originally intended for Nagasaki. The target was originally Kokura, but due to poor visibility, the plane switched to its backup: Nagasaki. They decided to bomb Nagasaki on the same day it was bombed.Finally, the officer coordinating these pamphlets, Lt. Col. J.F. Moynahan, wrote that leaflets were actually delivered to Nagasaki after the bomb was dropped.Sources and deeper analysis follow.The Truman Library contains two documents specifically referencing the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, dated such that they could potentially have been dropped on Nagasaki. However, the dates are not credible:The first one is dated by the library to August 6th, 1945. The fact that it references the past destruction of Hiroshima makes it, of course, pretty clear that it wasn’t dropped on Hiroshima ahead of time, and throws the dating into question — even if it was drawn up on August 6th, it’s too late to be used on Hiroshima. A second one, also labeled as August 6, 1945, references the Soviet invasion of Manchuria… which took place on August 9th. So, just a priori, we can’t really give the library’s own dating labels any credence — they’re clearly wrong about the dates, and the dates matter in this case, since we are talking about whether the warnings happened before the bombs were actually used.The history of the warnings is described in a memo from Lt. Col. J.F. Moynahan to General Leslie R. Groves, titled History Psychological Warfare, Manhattan Project. This military project created and airdropped leaflets for “psychological warfare”. Immediately after the bombing of Hiroshima, the writers set to work on a leaflet that would reference its destruction. A draft was completed (document #1):TO THE JAPANESE PEOPLE: America asks that you take immediate heed of what we say on this leaflet. We are in possession of the most destructive explosive ever devised by man. A single one of our newly developed atomic bombs is actually the equivalent in explosive power to what 2000 of our giant B-29s can carry on a single mission. This awful fact is one for you to ponder and we solemnly assure you it is grimly accurate. We have just begun to use this weapon against your homeland. If you still have any doubt, make inquiry as to what happened to Hiroshima when just one atomic bomb fell on that city. Before using this bomb to destroy every resource of the military by which they are prolonging this useless war, we ask that you now petition the Emperor to end the war. Our president has outlined for you the thirteen consequences of an honorable surrender. We urge that you accept these consequences and begin the work of building a new, better and peace-loving Japan. You should take steps now to cease military resistance. Otherwise, we shall resolutely employ this bomb and all our other superior weapons to promptly and forcefully end the war. EVACUATE YOUR CITIES.The Soviet Union declared war on Japan on August 8-9. The leaflets were re-written to include the Soviet invasion (document #2):ATTENTION JAPANESE PEOPLE. EVACUATE YOUR CITIES. Because your military leaders have rejected the thirteen part surrender declaration, two momentous events have occurred in the last few days. The Soviet Union, because of this rejection on the part of the military has notified your Ambassador Sato that it has declared war on your nation. Thus, all powerful countries of the world are now at war with you. Also, because of your leaders' refusal to accept the surrender declaration that would enable Japan to honorably end this useless war, we have employed our atomic bomb. A single one of our newly developed atomic bombs is actually the equivalent in explosive power to what 2000 of our giant B-29s could have carried on a single mission. Radio Tokyo has told you that with the first use of this weapon of total destruction, Hiroshima was virtually destroyed. Before we use this bomb again and again to destroy every resource of the military by which they are prolonging this useless war, petition the emperor now to end the war. Our president has outlined for you the thirteen consequences of an honorable surrender. We urge that you accept these consequences and begin the work of building a new, better, and peace-loving Japan. Act at once or we shall resolutely employ this bomb and all our other superior weapons to promptly and forcefully end the war. EVACUATE YOUR CITIES.Part of the leaflet, which was designed to look like a Japanese newspaper.Of course, as Moynahan says,distribution was not coordinated with the Nagasaki strike causing Nagasaki to receive its quota of leaflets the day after it was hit.He was not too disappointed, as the leaflets reportedly had the desired morale-reducing effect.Sequels to the atomic psychological warfare were the fact that distribution was not coordinated with the Nagasaki strike causing Nagasaki to receive its quota of leaflets the day after it was hit and a subsequent analysis of effectiveness of total Japanese psychological warfare reported placed this campaign second only to the Army Air Force technique of naming targets before strikes were accomplished.So:The LeMay leaflets were dropped on various cities saying that some cities would be bombed (i.e., firebombed). These flyers do not list Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nor do they mention atomic bombs.Hiroshima was not leafleted before the bombing.Nagasaki was leafleted after the bombing.In any case, the purpose of the leaflets was not to avoid loss of civilian life. It was psychological warfare, aimed at convincing the Japanese that continuing was hopeless and they should surrender. Humanitarian warnings are not described as “Japanese psychological warfare”, and warnings are referenced as “the Army Air Force technique of naming targets before strikes were accomplished.”Footnotes[1] The Leaflets Dropped Before the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb[1] The Leaflets Dropped Before the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb[1] The Leaflets Dropped Before the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb[1] The Leaflets Dropped Before the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb